My son, AJ was a Marine mostly in Subic Bay, Philippines from '89-93, his last 6 months at Pickle Meadows, CA. Anyway his Philippines Marines reunion is in Boise this weekend and he is in charge.

I wanted him to tell this story; AJ had been home to Boise about a year after his discharge. Lucille and I had sold our Boise home and we were staying at AJ's house with his wife and our 1st grandson, waiting for our house to be finished in Garden Valley. One night at 2am, Lucille got a bad cramp in her leg. I went down the stairs to the kitchen to get her a glass of water. On my way back, AJ comes running out of his bedroom and asked what was going on. I told him that mom had cramps. Him being the former Marine didn't quite get it right. He said,"Mom has crabs, Mom has crabs"?. I said no, you idiot, CRAMPS. Oh, he said. We laughed a long time.

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